WEATHER REPORT

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MSG-3, Europe's latest weather satellite, delivers first image
Aug 13, 2012 (ESA)
Today, the Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI) instrument on MSG-3 captured its first image of the Earth. This demonstrates that Europe's lat...
July hottest month on record in US
Aug 09, 2012 (AFP)
July was the hottest month in the contiguous United States since record-keeping began in 1895, government scientists have said, a trend that meteorologists attr...
S. Korea heatwave kills more than 830,000 poultry
Aug 08, 2012 (AFP)
South Korea's extended heatwave has taken its toll on both humans and animals, with more than 830,000 chickens or other poultry reported dead as of Wednesday. T...
Research Links Extreme Summer Heat Events to Global Warming
Aug 08, 2012 (SPX)
A new statistical analysis by NASA scientists has found that Earth's land areas have become much more likely to experience an extreme summer heat wave than they...
July temperatures set U.S. record
Aug 08, 2012 (UPI)
Last month was the hottest July and the hottest month on record for the contiguous United States, 3.3 degrees above the 20th century average, scientists said. T...
Two dead as storms hit Austria, northern Italy
Aug 05, 2012 (AFP)
Storms wreaked havoc in Austria and northern Italy over the weekend, causing landslides that killed two people, authorities said Sunday. An 84-year-old woman wa...
China mudslides kill at least 16: Xinhua
Jul 31, 2012 (AFP)
Mudslides that buried an iron ore mine in northwestern China have killed at least 16 people, with another 12 still missing a day after the disaster, state media...
Dozens of wild peacocks die in Pakistan desert
Jul 30, 2012 (AFP)
Dozens of wild peacocks have died suddenly in Pakistan, prompting experts to fear an outbreak of the highly contagious Newcastle disease. Officials on Monday co...
Three dead as storm lashes Philippines
Jul 30, 2012 (AFP)
At least three people were killed and millions were left without power Monday as Tropical Storm Saola turned into a typhoon, bringing heavy rains to large parts...
Streetside showers in boiling Baghdad summer
Jul 26, 2012 (AFP)
Hunched over, Yaqub mutters softly, "It's Ramadan, and I am fasting," as if to justify his actions, before he steps underneath an outdoor shower in central Bagh...
ESA hands over MSG-3 weather satellite to EUMETSAT
Jul 20, 2012 (ESA)
At 14:00 local time, following the successful launch of the satellite on 5 July aboard an Ariane 5 from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, and after 11 days o...
Greece's hottest day to shut down Acropolis early
Jul 16, 2012 (AFP)
Greece's hottest day this year is forcing authorities to shut down the Athens Acropolis six hours before schedule in the interests of visitor health, the site's...
Cochrane finds no reliable evidence on effectiveness of electric fans in heatwaves
Jul 13, 2012 (SPX)
A new Cochrane systematic review of the effects of electric fans in heatwaves has found no high quality evidence to guide future national and international poli...
Climate change boosts odds of extreme weather: study
Jul 10, 2012 (AFP)
Severe droughts, floods and heat waves rocked the world last year as greenhouse gas levels climbed, boosting the odds of some extreme weather events, internatio...
Weather woes overshadow Fourth of July in US
Jul 04, 2012 (AFP)
More than a million customers in the storm-hit United States remained without power Wednesday, as canceled firework displays and no air-conditioning made for a ...
Record heat in Austria kills 5,000 young chickens
Jul 03, 2012 (AFP)
Record heat in Austria claimed its first victims over the weekend: some 5,000 young chickens at a farm which were crushed or suffocated as they tried to escape ...
Two dead as heavy rains pound Philippine capital
Jul 03, 2012 (AFP)
Two people were killed by a collapsing wall as heavy rains pounded the Philippine capital Tuesday, bringing floods that have been worsened by garbage clogging t...
Power slowly returns as US heatwave drags on
Jul 02, 2012 (AFP)
Utility crews made slow progress Monday in restoring electricity to millions of households amid a record-setting heatwave in the eastern United States that show...
US storms leave 11 dead, millions without power
Jun 30, 2012 (AFP)
Sizzling high temperatures punished much of the eastern United States again on Saturday, one day after hurricane-like thunderstorms killed at least 11 people an...
Lightning strike kills three women in Germany
Jun 29, 2012 (AFP)
Three women were killed by lightning and a fourth was badly injured Friday in the central German city of Korbach, police said. The four women had sought shelter...
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